Patents Assigned to Texaco Chemical Company
  • Patent number: 5241016
    Abstract: The invention is an epoxy resin adhesive composition. The composition comprises:A. An epoxy resin component; andB. A curative component comprising:a curing amount of a polyamine curing agent and 2 to 30 phr. of an adhesion enhancer of comprising a partially hindered polyetherpolyamine.The fast curing adhesive offers high lap shear strength and relatively high peel strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventors: Harold G. Waddill, Robert A. Grigsby, Jr., Michael Cuscurida, Robert L. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 5239048
    Abstract: Block polyamido polyamine condensation products of an aromatic polycarboxylic acid component with a polyoxyalkylene polyamine component prepared by reacting the polycarboxylic acid component with an amount of the polyoxyalkylene polyamine component sufficient to react each carboxyl group with 1 mole of the polyoxyalkylene polyamine component.The polyoxyalkylene polyamine being selected from the group consisting of polyoxypropylene diamines, polyoxyethylene diamines, polyoxyethylene/oxypropylene diamines and polyoxypropylene triamines, and the aromatic polycarboxylic acid component being selected from the group consisting of C.sub.8 to C.sub.28 benzene dicarboxylic acids, benzene tricarboxylic acids, naphthalene carboxylates, hemimellitic acid, 1,1,3-trimethyl-3-phenylindan-4',5-dicarboxylic acid, trimellitic acid, and anhydrides and C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkyl esters thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventors: George P. Speranza, Jiang-Jen Lin
  • Patent number: 5238971
    Abstract: This invention is concerned with polyoxyalkylene glycols prepared by alkoxylating a hydroxyalkyl-2-imidazolidone and to a process for preparing flexible polyurethane foams by reacting an organic isocyanate with an admixture of a polyether polyol and an alkoxylated hydroxyalkyl-2-imidazolidone in the presence of a urethane catalyst and a blowing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventors: Wei-Yang Su, Michael Cuscurida
  • Patent number: 5239041
    Abstract: A process for preparing a polyurea reaction injection molded (RIM) elastomer is described. A hindered polyetherpolyamine is first obtained by reacting a polyol having two or more hydroxyl groups with an effective amount of long chain alkyl epoxide to give an at least partially hindered intermediate having hydroxyl terminations; and then aminating at least one of the hydroxyl terminations on the intermediate to primary amine groups to give an at least partially hindered polyetherpolyamine. The hindered polyetherpolyamine is then reacted with a polyisocyanate in the optional presence of a catalyst to give a polyurea RIM elastomer. The long chain alkyl group provides steric hindrance to the primary aliphatic amine group, which slows down the reactivity of the amine. The slower reactivity of the amine group is useful in RIM and RRIM compositions since it allows for longer shot or flow times, which in turn permit larger parts to be made from existing equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventors: Robert A. Grigsby, Jr., Michael Cuscurida, Robert L. Zimmerman, George P. Speranza
  • Patent number: 5236893
    Abstract: A method for preparing tertiary butyl alcohol wherein a solution of a tertiary butyl hydroperoxide in tertiary butyl alcohol is charged to a hydroperoxide decomposition reaction zone containing a catalytically effective amount of a hydroperoxide decomposition catalyst consisting essentially of a superconductor such as a superconductor consisting essentially of the oxides of strontium, calcium, copper and bismuth and is brought into contact with the superconductor type catalyst in liquid phase with agitation under hydroperoxide decomposition reaction conditions to convert the tertiary butyl hydroperoxide to decomposition products, principally tertiary butyl alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventors: John R. Sanderson, Melvin E. Stockton
  • Patent number: 5235007
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition comprises the cured reaction product of an epoxy base resin and a curing agent mixture. The curing agent mixture comprises a di-primary amine and a carbamate which is the reaction product of the amine and a cyclic carbonate. The amine has a molecular weight of 60 to 400. Ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate are the preferred carbonates. The preferred curative comprises a 1:1 to 2:1 molar amine:carbamate mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventors: David C. Alexander, Wheeler C. Crawford, Howard P. Klein
  • Patent number: 5232559
    Abstract: An organic solution of a soluble molybdenum compound is ammonated with ammonia, ammonium hydroxide and/or an ammonium salt in order to significantly reduce the electrical resistance of the solution and a direct electric current is passed therethrough in order to collect a significant amount of the molybdenum in solid form at the negative electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventors: William A. Smith, David L. Miller, Robert A. Meyer
  • Patent number: 5233116
    Abstract: Synthetic lubricant base stocks may be prepared in good yield by oligomerizing linear olefin monomers using certain acidic calcium montmorillonite clay catalysts. When the oligomers are prepared at a temperature greater than about 200.degree. C., and any unreacted linear olefin monomer is removed, oligomers having an iodine value less than about 3 mg/g are obtained. An even lower iodine value is obtained when a hydrocarbon possessing a tertiary hydrogen is mixed with the linear olefin feed, and the mixture is contacted with the clay at a temperature greater than about 200.degree. C. Little or no hydrogenation may be required of oligomers prepared in this manner to obtain base stocks suitable for use as synthetic lubricants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventors: John R. Sanderson, John F. Knifton, Edward T. Marquis
  • Patent number: 5220078
    Abstract: A method is disclosed wherein t-butanol is reacted with methanol in a reaction zone in one step to provide methyl tert-butyl ether and the improvement in accomplishing the reaction which comprises:a. Using a catalyst consisting of a crystalline aluminosilicate faujasite Y-type zeolite which has been treated with a fluorophosphoric acid;b. continuously contacting said t-butanol and methanol in a molar amount of about 0.1 to 10 moles of methanol per mole of t-butanol with said catalyst at a temperature of about 20.degree. C. to about 250.degree. C. and a pressure of about atmospheric to about 1000 psig to obtain the methyl tert-butyl ether product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventors: John F. Knifton, John R. Sanderson
  • Patent number: 5218005
    Abstract: Low molecular weight, polyoxyalkylene polyamine reacts with carbonyl compound making polyamine adduct used as chain extender in preparing tack-free, smooth polyurea elastomers, useful in solventless spray coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventors: Robert L. Zimmerman, Dudley J. Primeaux
  • Patent number: 5216182
    Abstract: In the preparation of tertiary butyl alcohol and a linear C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 mono epoxide by the epoxidation reaction of a linear C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 alpha mono olefin with tertiary butyl hydroperoxide in solution in tertiary butyl alcohol in the presence of a catalytic amount of a soluble complex of molybdenum with ethylene glycol, a portion of the catalyst that is used is a recycle (final) ethylene glycol solution of a complex of ethylene glycol with ammonium-containing molybdenum compounds prepared from ethylene glycol and a precipitate of solid ammonium-containing molybdenum compounds formed by saturating a heavy distillation fraction with ammonia to thereby form a liquid amination product containing a precipitate of solid ammonium-containing molybdenum compounds; the heavy distillation fraction being obtained by distillation of the epoxidation reaction product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventors: Edward T. Marquis, Robert A. Meyer
  • Patent number: 5216154
    Abstract: N-methylmorpholine oxide which is essentially free from nitrosamine contaminants is prepared by oxidizing a feedstock consisting essentially of N-methylmorpholine with an oxidant consisting essentially of aqueous hydrogen peroxide in an atmosphere consisting essentially of carbon dioxide to thereby form a nitrosamine-free reaction product from which N-methylmorpholine oxide essentially free from nitrosamine can be recovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventor: Robert L. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 5214218
    Abstract: A method is disclosed wherein t-butanol is reacted with methanol in a reaction zone in one step to provide methyl tert-butyl ether and the improvement of accomplishing the reaction which comprises:a. Using a catalyst comprising a montmorillonite clay treated with a haloacid;b. continuously contacting said t-butanol and methanol in a molar amount of about 0.1 to 10 moles of methanol per mole of t-butanol with said catalyst at a temperature of about 20.degree. C. to about 250.degree. C. and a pressure of about atmospheric to about 1000 psig to obtain the methyl tert-butyl ether product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventor: John F. Knifton
  • Patent number: 5214155
    Abstract: This invention is a method for making 1,2-substituted imidazoline compositions utilizing a polyamine mixture containing a high concentration of linear polyamine. The polyamine is either triethylenetetramine or tetraethylenepentamine. The polyamine mixture is reacted with a fatty acid, fatty dimer acid or the fatty esters thereof to yield the 1,2-substituted imidazoline composition. The highly linear polyamine provides higher yields of the imidazoline compound in the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventors: Donald R. Hollingsworth, Jeffrey H. Edwards
  • Patent number: 5214217
    Abstract: A method is disclosed wherein t-butanol is reacted with methanol in a reaction zone in the presence of a catalyst to provide methyl-tert-butyl ether and the improvement of accomplishing the reaction in one-step which comprises:a. using a catalyst selected from the group consisting of acidic aluminas, and crystalline aluminosilicate faujasite-type zeolites, particularly dealuminized Y-type zeolites;b. continuously contacting said t-butanol and methanol in a molar amount of about 0.1 to 10 moles of methanol per mole of t-butanol with said catalyst at a temperature of about 20.degree. C. to about 250.degree. C. and a pressure of about atmospheric to about 1000 psig to obtain the methyl-tert-butyl product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventor: John F. Knifton
  • Patent number: 5214182
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for the cogeneration of ethylene glycol and dimethyl carbonate by reacting methanol and ethylene carbonate in the presence of a heterogeneous, phosphine-bound polymer catalyst. Dimethyl carbonate and ethylene glycol are generated in greater than 98% selectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventor: John F. Knifton
  • Patent number: 5212271
    Abstract: A process for texturing a coating via exposing a photocurable composition comprising a multifunctional urea compound, an ethylenically unsaturated compound, and an aromatic ketone photosensitizer that functions through a hydrogen abstraction mechanism when exposed to ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventors: Alison D. Beckett, Joseph V. Koleske, Richard M. Gerkin
  • Patent number: 5206362
    Abstract: Disclosed is a two-step method for the preparation of cyclic urea products which comprises: heating a diamine with urea in a mole ratio of about 1 at a temperature from about 120.degree. C. to 140.degree. C. until a mole of ammonia is liberated and slowly heating the intermediate with an alcohol or polyether solvent to a temperature from about 160.degree. C. to 200.degree. C. to produce the cyclic urea products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventors: George P. Speranza, Donald H. Champion
  • Patent number: 5206424
    Abstract: A method for preparing tertiary butyl alcohol wherein a solution of a tertiary butyl hydroperoxide in tertiary butyl alcohol is charged to a hydroperoxide decomposition reaction zone containing a catalytically effective amount of a soluble iron hydroperoxide decomposition catalyst consisting essentially of a soluble cycloalkenyl iron compound and is brought into contact with the soluble cycloalkenyl iron compound in liquid phase with agitation under hydroperoxide decomposition reaction conditions to convert the tertiary butyl hydroperoxide to decomposition products, principally tertiary butyl alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventors: John R. Sanderson, John F. Knifton
  • Patent number: 5202040
    Abstract: Synthetic lubricant base stocks having an increased viscosity are disclosed. These synthetic lubricant base stocks comprises a mixture of (1) oligomers prepared from a linear olefin having from 10 to 24 carbon atoms; and (2) alkylated anisole having an alkyl group containing from 10 to 24 carbon atoms. These synthetic lubricant base stocks may be prepared by co-reacting a linear olefin having from 10 to 24 carbon atoms and anisole. Optionally, the mixture of oligomers and alkylated anisoles may be hydrogenated, to prepare a mixture of reduced oligomers and alkylated methoxycyclohexanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Chemical Company
    Inventors: John R. Sanderson, Edward T. Marquis